Rusty Frame - pics - repairable?

[Smoke20]

Hi gang, this pic is the front cross member, just behind the motor (318).

Anybody know if this is fixable, and if so, how?

[Blown70]

AHHHH yea and you should consider sooner than later.

Tom

[moparguy01]

Anything is fixable......with enough money.

honestly for something that bad you have 3 options, have a shop build you a new one out of some flat stock 14 guage sheetmetal, (or you build it yourself, i have no idea what your fabrication background is), i think that auto rust technicians may sell a path for that peice? but im not positive, or third, find a good used section from a donor car and weld it in. but like blown70 said, fix it SOON. wait much longer and you wont have anything left to weld to.

[Blown70]

Anything is fixable......with enough money.

honestly for something that bad you have 3 options, have a shop build you a new one out of some flat stock 14 guage sheetmetal, (or you build it yourself, i have no idea what your fabrication background is), i think that auto rust technicians may sell a path for that peice? but im not positive, or third, find a good used section from a donor car and weld it in. but like blown70 said, fix it SOON. wait much longer and you wont have anything left to weld to.

Yes someone does make a patch for that.  Not sure.  Russ is correct I'm sure.  But yes.  SOON.

Tom

[moparfied]

Auto rust technicians in Cranston Rhode Island makes a really sturdy slip over peice for that area. They call them T caps. They will outlast the rest of the car. If your more concerned with strength,than looks,then these are for you. If you want them to look original,then these will require quite a bit of grinding,and blending to finess them. If the original look is a must,them you are better off getting a clean tortion bar crossmember from another car.you can decide wether to change the whole member,or just splice on the ends. You could try Stephens Performance in Alabama,for a clean southern rust free peice. Both these places advertise in most of the Mopar magazines.

[Smoke20]

Kewl.

I just emailed auto rust technicians. Cranston is a small town. They're not far from my cousin's house..... or the NY Systems Hot dog joint.

Ahhhh two dogs 'all the way' at 2 am after a night of underage drinking. That's when moms drove hondas because 'they were reliable....'

Damn those are great memories.

[69 charger man]

check out this link.. this is what i did..
-ray

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10734.0.html

[terrible one]

check out this link.. this is what i did..
-ray

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10734.0.html

Wow, VERY nice work man!

[Smoke20]

ART emailed me back and I'm going to get their T caps.

All I need now is a frame repair shop to hack out the rusty remains and put in the cap.

[BigBlockSam]

hi Kevin
these guys did a similar repair on my roadrunner. did a great job. you can;t tell were the repair is . there a fab shop so they make there own caps.  price wasn't bad either. i don't remember what they chargered me. i had  a bunch of things done by them. there in north Jersey  http://www.marottascustomauto.com/

tell them big Rene sent ya

[Smoke20]

hi Kevin
these guys did a similar repair on my roadrunner. did a great job. you can;t tell were the repair is . there a fab shop so they make there own caps.  price wasn't bad either. i don't remember what they chargered me. i had  a bunch of things done by them. there in north Jersey  http://www.marottascustomauto.com/

tell them big Rene sent ya

Thanks for the referral Rene, I just emailed them.